Abstract Automated Essay Scoring (AES) is defined as the computer technology that
evaluates and scores the written prose (Shermis & Barrera, 2002; Shermis & Burstein, 2003; …

With the burgeoning popularity and swift advancements of automated writing evaluation
(AWE) systems in language classrooms, scholarly and practical interest in this area has …

Two Bayesian models for text classification from the information science field were extended
and applied to student produced essays. Both models were calibrated using 462 essays …

While research in second language writing suggests that instructor feedback can have a
positive influence on students' written work, the provision of such feedback on a regular …

Automated essay scoring (AES) is gaining increasing attention in the education sector as it
significantly reduces the burden of manual scoring and allows ad hoc feedback for learners …

Using New Technology to Improve Assessment Page 1 Using New Technology Assessment
Randy El 1 iot Bennett Ed uca t io na I Testing Se ru ice What are the areas of testing that will be …

Hartog and Rhodes' seminal book on marking reliability began “No element in the structure
of our national education occupies at the present moment more public attention than our …

The purpose of this study is to explore the nature of feedback that English as a Second
Language (ESL) students received on their writings either from an automated essay scoring …

Based on a corpus of 223 argumentative essays written by English as a foreign language
learners, this study shows that spelling errors, whether detected manually or automatically …

The automatic assessment of students' free-text answers has recently received much
attention, due to the necessity of exploring and taking advantage of new and more complex …